Suction cleaner



Aug. 25, 1936. D. G. SMELLIE 2,051,970

SUCTION CLEANER Filed Oct. 50, 1935 Donald 6. J'melll'e ATTORNEYPatented Aug. 25, l93

umrso STATES.

suo'rron CLEANER Donald G. Smellic, Canton, Ohio, asslgnor to The HooverCompany, North Canton, Ohio, a cor;-

poration of Ohio Application October so, 1933, Serial No. 695,781

6 Claims.

The present invention relates to suction cleaners in general andparticularly to new and novel improvements .in cleaners. Morespecifically the invention comprises the provision oi lighting meanswhich are positioned in the main casing of the suction cleaner, andwhich direct light rays forward of the cleaner nozzle.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improvedsuction cleaner. It is another object to provide new and improvedlighting means in a suction cleaner. Still another object is theprovision, in a suction cleaner, of lighting means which are positionedwithin the main casing of the cleaner in a. manner which makesreplacement easy and injury unlikely. A still further objectis theprovision, in

ment of the invention is disclosed:

Figure l is a side elevation of a suction cleaner embodying the presentinvention, a section through the cleaner nozzle and. main casing beingtaken upon the line i-i of Figure 2;

'Figure 2 is a front elevation of the cleaner shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view in perspective of the lighting unit removed from itsseat in the cleaner casing;

Figure a is a view upon the line t& of Figure l, the lamp bulb beingremoved.

Figure 5 is a section upon the line t-t oi Figure 4.

Lighting means in a suction cleaner should be so positioned that theydirect light rays upon the surface covering undergoing cleaningimmediately forward of the cleaner nozzle. They should be so positionedthat they are easily removable in order that they may be replaced uponlight failure, or injury. They should also be so positioned that theyare not readily injured by contact with foreign objects such as articlesof furniture positioned upon the surface covering undergoing cleaning.In the suction cleaner constructed in accordance with the presentinvention light means have been incorporated into the cleanerconstruction which embody all of the lighting means in suction adaptedto function as a reflector.

desirable features stated. The construction is I as hereinafter fullydescribed.

Referring again to the drawing a suction clean- 1 er is disclosed inwhich the main casing is seen to comprise a nozzle i, including frontand rear 5 wells 2 and 8, a fan chamber 6, a motor casing B, and anexhaust outlet 6. The nozzle i is interiorly connected by an airpassageway l to the Ian chamber 4; there being a rotatable fan 8positioned within that chamberwhich functions to create a reducedpressure to draw air into the nozzle I, through the air passageway andchamber and exhaust it through the outlet 6 into a removably attacheddust bag 9. The driving motor for the fan B'is'not shown but is of anysuit- 15 table type being positioned within the casing 5. The cleaner isprovided with front wheels H, II and rear wheels l2, l2 and there isprovided a pivoted handle l3 through which the user may exert apropelling force.

The front and top wall 2 ofthe nozzle l merges into the contour of themotor casing 5 in a smooth curve across substantially the entire widthof the motor with the-exception of the central portion thereof, in whicha. raised and rounded wall It 5 is formed to provide a forwardly facingopening the edges of which are enclosed and protected by a rubber guardmember it. The opening formed by the wall it and defined by the guardmember it opens into a. see formed within the 30 casing between theforward portion of the curved wall of the motor casing t and the rearwall 3 of the'nozzle i, as clearly shown in Figure 1.

Immediately below the wall it is removably positionedthe light-creatingunit It. This'unit 35 comprises the sheet metal member formed as anelongated double back wall i! and a curved portion Ill formcd integrallytherewith which faces upwardly toward the wall M. Portion it is Themember It carries a socket it, at the end of reflector it which includessuitable contacts 20, ill to which are connected current-carrying leads2], 2!. As is clearly shown in Figure 1 a lamp 22 is adapted to beseated in the socket member 8 9 and when so positioned overlies thereflector it. The unit it is manually removable from within the casingwithout using tools. The folded upper edge of wall i1 extends within adownwardly facand the bottom edge of the wall into the seat or groove 25which faces the channel 23. Reflector 5s unit It is inserted in its seatthrough urging the top .of wall ii into the channel 23 comm-using thespring 24 to enable the bottom of the wall to clear the top of channel25. when the wall I! is imat 26, is provided which extends between thefront of the motor casing 5 and the wall M at the required angle.

I claim:

1. In a suction cleaner, a main casing including a nozzle and'fanchamber, a lighting unit positioned in said casing and shielded fromdirect view, said casing being formed with a forwardlyiacing openingwhich is positioned above said unit, and reflecting surfaces to directlight rays upwardly from said unit and then forwardly through saidopening and onto a surface covering forward of said nozzle.

2. In a suction cleaner including a casing and means movably supportingit, said casing being formed with a forwardly facing opening, saidcasing being formed withan interior recess connected to said opening anditself having an entrance on the underside of said casing, and a lightunit positioned in said recess, said unit being removable from saidrecess thru the entrance on the underside of said casing.

3. In a suction cleaner including a casing and means movably supportingit, said'casing being formed with a forwardly facing opening, saidcasing being formed with an interior recess connected to said openingand itself having an entrance on the underside of said casing, a seat insaid recess, and a light wt in said seat, said unit being manuallyremovable without tools from said 5 said light-creating means and onsaid casing to 15 position said light-creating means removably, and

a reflector in said recess behind said opening and above said means,said reflector being so arranged that light rays are deflected forwardlyand downwardly through said opening onto a surface cov- 20 eringundergoing cleaning:

5. A suction cleaner comprising a casing formed with an interior recesshaving a forwardly facing opening at the top thereof, a source of lightmounted in said recess and positioned wholly 25 below the said opening,an :1 means for reflecting the light rays emanating from said source oflight outwardly through said opening.

6. A suction cleaner, comprising a casing having an interior recessprovided with a forwardly 30 facing opening along the top thereof, asource of light mounted in said recess below said opening and completelyconcealed from view from the front of said casing, and a reflectormounted in said recess and so arranged that the rays from 35 said lightsource below the same are directed forwardly and downwardly through saidopening.

DONALD G. SMELLIE. I

